Importance of night roosts for bat conservation: Roosting behaviour of the lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Knight, Tessa ^a   Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat management; Multimodal; Nocturnal activity; Rhinolophidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; ROOST SITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 68149083171     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00194     Document Type: Article

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